You may not think of fall as the best time for foraging wild edible plants, but there's actually so much bounty ripe for the picking at this time of year

When the weather turns cool, you can count on elder tree branches drooping with their heavy clusters of medicinal elderberries

Rose hips are the fruit of the rose flower & are often foraged after the first frost of fall

After the first rains of the fall season, delicious chanterelle mushrooms pop their heads up out of the soil

Oak trees drop their tasty acorns in the fall & can be used to make homemade acorn flour

Dandelion roots are at their most medicinal in the fall & make an excellent coffee substitute

The needles of evergreen conifers are one of the most widespread wild edibles to forage in the fall & are rich in vitamin C (perfect for cold and flu season!)

Hawthorn berries ripen in the fall & are great for heart health. They are also high in pectin & often used to homemade jam & jelly recipes